Thursday, May 29, 2008

Milestone Summary

Why Inquiry?
  • To engage students
  • To teach transferable skills (such as finding and applying information) at a deep level so as to enable students to truly be lifelong learners.

Action Plan

  • A schoolwide understanding of our definition of 'Inquiry', so staff and students have a common understanding and can clearly articulate from year 0-8 what inquiry is. Part of this is also using common vocab. This became clear when asking students. They had some understanding but not a clear, consistent understanding across the school.
  • A schoolwide model that is collectively understood and I think needs a visual element to help children.
  • To continue to refine our planning of a schoolwide inquiry unit each term.

What are the outcomes or expected outcomes?

  • For students to be more engaged in learning.
  • For students to be independent learners with skills they can transfer throughout life.

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